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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4401 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

malycemalice

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it
149 times in 72 works
Consistency
99.3% (149 of 150)
Reach if approved
~158 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: malice
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
150 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 72 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … whych reigne so comonly nowe amonge vs, I meane couetousnes, pryde, ambicion, glotonie, lecherie, malycemalice. &c. These are straunge goddes. These muste we put oute of our breastes, if …
    With rule
    … whych reigne so comonly nowe amonge vs, I meane couetousnes, pryde, ambicion, glotonie, lecherie, malycemalice. &c. These are straunge goddes. These muste we put oute of our breastes, if …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the Lorde, nat a ſeruyll and a bondmans feare, which engendreth hatred and malycemalice rather then loue: but ſuche a feare as the chylde bearyng to his natural …
    With rule
    … of the Lorde, nat a ſeruyll and a bondmans feare, which engendreth hatred and malycemalice rather then loue: but ſuche a feare as the chylde bearyng to his natural …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … it in Englyſſhe / bycauſe they them ſelues do nat in latyne. And of pure malycemalice that they can nat haue their wyll / they ſley their brethrene for their faith …
    With rule
    … it in Englyſſhe / bycauſe they them ſelues do nat in latyne. And of pure malycemalice that they can nat haue their wyll / they ſley their brethrene for their faith …

    William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and tourmentes commeth of the loue they haue to them ſelues and of the malycemalice, enuye, and hatred they haue agaynſte God and hys glorye. Let them tremble and …
    With rule
    … and tourmentes commeth of the loue they haue to them ſelues and of the malycemalice, enuye, and hatred they haue agaynſte God and hys glorye. Let them tremble and …

    John Bradford · Godly Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … was in rebuking such as persecuted him wrongfully, bycause they were hardned in theyr malycemalice, and forepossessed with so great and venemous rage ageinst him, that they made no …
    With rule
    … was in rebuking such as persecuted him wrongfully, bycause they were hardned in theyr malycemalice, and forepossessed with so great and venemous rage ageinst him, that they made no …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the O Babilon for ye multitude of thyne owne charmes and the ſtobbourne of malycemalice of thy couniurers, for thou haſte comforted thy ſelf in thy diſceatfulnes and haſte …
    With rule
    … the O Babilon for ye multitude of thyne owne charmes and the ſtobbourne of malycemalice of thy couniurers, for thou haſte comforted thy ſelf in thy diſceatfulnes and haſte …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … these onlye with those that here foloweth to iest at youre pleasure / vpon soche malycemalice as ye had agaynst them conceyued. Sure are you to be of soche a …
    With rule
    … these onlye with those that here foloweth to iest at youre pleasure / vpon soche malycemalice as ye had agaynst them conceyued. Sure are you to be of soche a …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and commaundemēt, wyth comfortable courage, and ioyful pleſure: in hell the wicked ſpirits through malycemalice and enuie, repinyng and grudging, do torment and vexe thēſelfes, what ſoeuer they be …
    With rule
    … and commaundemēt, wyth comfortable courage, and ioyful pleſure: in hell the wicked ſpirits through malycemalice and enuie, repinyng and grudging, do torment and vexe thēſelfes, what ſoeuer they be …

    Thomas Lever · Meditation Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Flower of Godly Prayers A06743

  • Printed
    … nowe in thys gloryous lyghte of the Gospell as beastelyke in pride▪ enuye, …ouetousnes. MalyceMalice, Voluptuousnes, Unmercifulnes and in all kynde of other sinnes, as we dyd afore …ndoubtedlye …
    With rule
    … nowe in thys gloryous lyghte of the Gospell as beastelyke in pride▪ enuye, …ouetousnes. MalyceMalice, Voluptuousnes, Unmercifulnes and in all kynde of other sinnes, as we dyd afore …ndoubtedlye …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader